The Director of Strategic Engagement will lead the organization’s efforts to raise the resources necessary to deliver world class programming and customized guidance to the philanthropic community. This position will play a leadership role in setting the strategy and direction for fundraising for the organization by creating and implementing a development plan. In addition to guiding the strategy for the fundraising team, the Director will advise the President on his fundraising strategy and activities.

The Director will manage three staff members, two working on foundation grants and the coordinator who, among other responsibilities, focuses on donor research and data for the team. The Director will oversee the direct mail program for prospecting and membership renewal and will develop relationships, as appropriate, with Roundtable donors.

The Philanthropy Roundtable is America’s leading network of charitable donors working to strengthen our free society, uphold donor intent, and protect the freedom to give. The Roundtable currently has a $10 million budget and approximately 660 members, which include individual philanthropists, families, and private and community foundations. Given the nature of the Roundtable’s work, relationships with many of our top funders are maintained by the President and our program directors who work closely with these grant makers on their giving. Therefore, fundraising directly from donors involved with the organization can be secondary to engaging a member or prospect in the programs of the Roundtable.

Pacific Legal Foundation—the nation’s first and most successful public interest law firm dedicated to vindicating individual liberty—seeks a recent law school graduate or judicial law clerk as a Legal Fellow to significantly expand PLF’s strategic research, publications and scholarly content.

The Legal Fellow will assist in some litigation efforts, including amicus coordination for PLF cases, but the fellow’s principal role will be to advance PLF’s research and education efforts by significantly expanding PLF’s publications and scholarly content for the legal community and an educated lay audience regarding how and why PLF defends liberty and justice for all. The fellow will also help plan conferences and public events and build strong working relationships with coalition partners, the press, and other opinion leaders. The fellow will write regular blog posts, op-eds, and other articles; assist with and occasionally speak at PLF events; and help with all other aspects of PLF’s education efforts, including the annual summary of PLF’s Supreme Court filings for the press.

The ideal candidate will have a JD or the equivalent, with an exceptional academic record. The candidate must have outstanding written and oral communication skills, preferably with a record of publications demonstrating a range of writing experience. The ideal candidate will also be self-motivated, collaborative, detail oriented, and able to meet all work deadlines.

Primary Responsibilities

Stay abreast of all important administrative law scholarship and developments, and produce research memos on new strategies to overturn the administrative state and on second-best legislative solutions to restore democratic/constitutional accountability.

Author or co-author a range of blog posts, op-eds, and articles of varying length on PLF cases and priority issues, especially in administrative law.

Work, as directed, with PLF’s strategic research director on social science research reports and other publications.

Work with PLF litigators to help translate innovative litigation ideas, especially in the administrative law areas, into potential cases.

Help organize and execute PLF conferences and public events in DC and elsewhere.

Represent PLF at coalition working group meetings, coalition events, and engage in other tasks to improve relations and increase cooperation with PLF’s affinity partners.

Help coordinate amicus efforts for PLF cases, particularly in the Supreme Court, with states, affinity partners, and non-traditional allies on given cases.

Assist, as directed, PLF’s public policy director on special projects, including drafting model legislation and briefing Members of Congress and staff on key committees of interest.

Additional Skills/Experience Preferred

Advanced study or experience in administrative law issues

Some legal policy or congressional experience

Prior work history that demonstrates the above qualifications and abilities

GENERAL INFORMATION

PLF identifies and litigates important legal issues to set landmark precedent that will benefit Americans nationwide and promotes the same principles of liberty outside the courtroom as well. Using strategic and principled litigation, communications, and research, we battle for freedom in the nation’s courts and the court of public opinion. Our attorneys have nine victories before the U.S. Supreme Court—a record unmatched in the liberty movement—plus additional cases currently before the High Court with decisions pending. Simply put, we know how to get cases to the Supreme Court and we know how to win.

A national nonprofit organization, PLF has offices in Sacramento, California; Arlington, Virginia; Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Bellevue, Washington. We prefer the Legal Fellow to work from the Arlington, Virginia office, but the right candidates will have the ability to work virtually or from another office part of the time.

TO APPLY

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials in one PDF file:

Résumé

Cover letter detailing:

your salary requirements;

why PLF is the place for you, why you want to fight for liberty, and what distinguishes you from typical applicants;

how your academic or other experiences have prepared you for this position; and

your interest in relocating to Arlington,VA.

Law school transcript

Materials should be emailed in one PDF document to Lauren Skiver with Talent Market, who is assisting with the search: Lauren@talentmarket.org.

Please include “Legal Fellow, PLF – [Your Name]” in the subject line of your email.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. No phone calls, please.

This is a full-time, permanent position. We offer a competitive salary, health and dental benefits, and retirement plan. PLF has a flexible, collaborative, positive, and collegial work environment. We take pride in investing in your future and encourage internal advancement. PLF is the place for someone principled, tenacious, and determined to succeed in positively shaping the future of our country and restoring real limits on government power. Join us.

Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide free consulting and recruiting services to free-market think tanks, policy organizations, research centers, and capacity-building institutions dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government and free enterprise.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, established in 1968, is a nonprofit, charitable organization. Its mission is to eliminate coercive union power and compulsory unionism abuses through strategic litigation, public information, and education programs.

The Foundation Legal Department has an opening for an attorney admitted to practice in at least one state or the District of Columbia who would litigate in federal and state courts and before labor relations agencies for workers challenging compulsory unionism arrangements, such as forced union membership or fee requirements and monopoly union representation.

Requirements

Litigation experience and some knowledge of labor law are desirable but not required.

An excellent law school record is a requirement, and law review experience is preferred.

Strong commitment to individual freedom and free enterprise is necessary.

Fluency in Spanish is very much desired.

Application Process

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials in one PDF file:

Résumé

Cover letter detailing your salary requirements and your interest in the mission of the organization

One legal writing sample

Three professional references

Transcripts of law school and college grades

Materials should be emailed in one PDF document to Claire Kittle Dixon, Executive Director of Talent Market, who is assisting with the search: claire@talentmarket.org.

Please include “Staff Attorney, NRWLDF – [Your Name]” in the subject line of your email.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. No phone calls please.

Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide free consulting and recruiting services to free-market think tanks, policy organizations, research centers, and capacity-building institutions dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government and free enterprise.

The Institute for Free Speech seeks an experienced attorney to join its litigation team. A successful applicant will be expected to take a leading, independent role in First Amendment cases brought in federal and state courts.

Founded in 2005 by former Federal Election Commission Chairman Bradley A. Smith, the Institute for Free Speech (formerly known as the Center for Competitive Politics) is the nation’s largest organization devoted solely to the protection of the First Amendment’s guarantees of free speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Ideally, the Attorney will be based in our Washington, DC area office. However, IFS will consider candidates living and working virtually from anywhere in the country. In addition to litigation-related travel, a virtual candidate would be required to travel for periodic week-long visits to IFS’s office in the Washington, DC area.

The Fund for American Studies offers transformational programs that teach the principles of limited government, free-market economics and honorable leadership to students and young professionals. TFAS programs inspire these future leaders to make a difference in their communities and throughout the world by upholding the values essential to the preservation and success of a free society.

Job Overview

The Major Gift Officer, a new role within the organization, will be responsible for developing strategy and managing a portfolio of current donors and prospects to The Fund for American Studies and the Foundation for Teaching Economics, its affiliate. The assigned portfolio will cover the Western Region of the United States. This position reports to the Vice President of Development.

The ideal candidate for this role is an aggressive fundraiser who is self-motivated and comfortable working in a metrics-based fundraising team.Under a realigned development strategy, this role will step into a growing development team focused on rapid expansion of resources and capabilities. The Major Gift Officer will join two other frontline fundraisers focused on current major gift donors and campaign prospects, with new prospects being moved up in the pipeline from a re-envisioned mid-level giving program.Candidates should have a demonstrated history of building relationships and soliciting donors.

TFAS will consider candidates based in Washington, DC or a virtual office (preferably but not necessarily based in the western US).If based in a virtual office, prior history of successful virtual office work is preferred.

Responsibilities:
The Cato Institute seeks applications for a Director or Manager of Sponsor Services, a full-time position located in Washington, DC, to manage Cato’s Benefactors Program. The position will be responsible for implementing and executing a plan to deliver an excellent experience to the nearly 500 Cato Benefactors, sponsors who donate $5,000 to $24,999 annually. You will work closely with Cato’s development team to build relationships with Benefactors, communicate Cato’s impact, manage the annual renewal and thank-you processes, and ultimately increase giving. The Benefactor giving level plays a very important part in Cato’s annual budget and in cultivation toward major and planned gifts.
Additional responsibilities will include but are not limited to copywriting and editing for Cato’s development department; management of special projects and internal processes; research coordination; customer service management; as well as avidly consuming Cato’s activities, communications, and research.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute seeks a public relations professional capable of managing, evaluating, and executing media outreach efforts for a free-market public policy group. This is a permanent, full-time position. CEI’s office is located in downtown Washington, D.C.

Role:

CEI’s Director of Media Relations will serve as a senior member of a collaborative and motivated seven-member communications team at an energetic and feisty think tank. The successful candidate will work closely with members of CEI’s policy teams to build awareness for our organization, our scholars, and our research by developing and implementing the organization’s media strategies. The ideal candidate will have at least seven years of experience in public relations, strategic communications, or a related field and demonstrate the ability to build key relationships with television, radio and print journalists. This position will report to CEI’s Vice President of Communications.

Atlas Network is a nonprofit organization that removes barriers to opportunity and prosperity worldwide. Over three decades, it has built a global network that connects more than 475 free-market organizations in more than 90 countries.

Atlas Network seeks a Vice President of Development to enhance its existing fundraising operations and thereby grow its programs advancing liberty in the U.S. and abroad. This a new position that will complement strengths built in recent years while Atlas Network’s budget has doubled from $6 million in 2010 to more than $12 million in 2017.

Responsibilities

Oversee all Atlas Network’s fundraising efforts.

Work closely with the senior team to develop and implement a fundraising strategy to reach $20 million in revenue in a three-to-four-year period.

Identify, cultivate, and make asks of philanthropists capable of making six-figure gifts.

Supervise a team of ~ seven, and coordinate the involvement of others on the senior team and across departments, to achieve development goals.

Oversee information systems critical to donor outreach, and conduct analysis of results so the department’s efforts continue to grow more cost-effective.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to advancing the principles of limited government, free enterprise, and individual liberty. Our mission is to promote both freedom and fairness by making good policy good politics. We make the uncompromising case for economic freedom because we believe it is essential for entrepreneurship, innovation, and prosperity to flourish. Unique among free market groups, CEI pursues a full-service approach to advancing public policy. Founded in 1984, CEI has grown into an effective advocate for freedom on a wide range of critical policy issues, including energy, environment, business and finance, technology, telecommunications, and food and drug regulation.

Join Our Team

The Competitive Enterprise Institute seeks a seasoned professional with proven major gift experience and a desire to be part of a dedicated team that’s committed to a strong growth trajectory. Initial travel is projected at 20 percent with eventual travel up to 40 percent. This is a fast-paced position for a self-disciplined, organized individual with 8-15 years of experience who thrives on challenges. This position reports to the Vice President of Philanthropy.

CEI is a fun, creative environment built around experienced policy leaders; departments have metrics-based accountability, but little bureaucracy. The VP Philanthropy – and the entire leadership team – desire to provide increasing levels of responsibility to their team members. There is an emphasis on personal growth and increases in responsibility.

The Law & Economics Center of the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School is a national center for research and education that focuses on the timely and relevant economic analysis of legal and public policy issues. To fulfill its education mission, the LEC provides dynamic training programs in law and economics on an international basis to sophisticated audiences including judges, attorneys general, congressional staff and academics.

Responsibilities:
The Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Law & Economics Center is a full time, tenured instructional position reporting to the law school’s dean (or the designee of the dean). Directing the Law & Economics Center’s activities comprises 50 percent of the position’s expected effort, while the other 50 percent will be devoted to teaching, research, and the other duties of a tenured professor of the law school.

The Executive Director of the Law & Economics Center is responsible for leading a research and education center with an annual budget of over $5 million. The principal duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

•Fundraising: Stewarding existing donor relationships, as well as identifying potential new relationships and bringing them to fruition;

•Planning an overall strategic direction for the Center in collaboration with the dean;

•Planning, producing and assuring the high quality of instructional programs for judges, legal staff of state attorneys general, law professors and other constituencies;

•Identifying broad topics of potential research on legal and public policy matters from a law and economics perspective and providing for the carrying out of such research;

•Representing the Center and the law school to constituencies outside the university;

•Supervising the performance of the Center’s operating staff and making adjustments as required;

•Identifying and implementing avenues of strategic communications; and

•Performing other duties related to the operation of the Center as assigned by the dean.[Read more…]